[snicky]

I'm wondering how one converts to a data scientist or ML engineer from a pure web development background without going back to school? I've been a backend developer for many years and I'm already a bit bored with working on software-only products. Would love to move on with my career to a point where I could have some more influence on what's happening in the real world off the web. Where did you start?

[aspectmin]

I went from Cybersecurity (Infosec) to Data Science/ML. If you have interest/passion, it's totally doable. I get asked this kind of question a lot, so I created a listing of the stuff I've found most useful (books, online classes, etc). You can find it at

http://www.atomicml.com

If you have stuff you think I should add, please let me know! (jan @ghostbytes.com)

[snicky]

Good stuff, thanks.